Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp
  • Publication number: 20170320884
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to hydroxymethyl piperidine compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Nigel Liverton, Yunfu Luo
  • Publication number: 20170320865
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to oxazole compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the oxazole compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: SCOTT D. KUDUK, NIGEL LIVERTON, YUNFU LUO
  • Publication number: 20170320876
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to bridged diazepane compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: SCOTT D. KUDUK, THOMAS S. REGER, ANTHONY J. ROECKER
  • Publication number: 20170319560
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrazole, triazole and tetrazole compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the pyrazole, triazole, and tetrazole compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: NIGEL LIVERTON, SCOTT D. KUDUK, DOUGLAS BESHORE, YUNFU LUO, NA MENG
  • Patent number: 9808473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic himbacine derivatives of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein: R1 is halo; —CN; alkyl; cycloalkyl; alkoxy; phenyl, which is optionally substituted one or twice independently by alkyl, halo, or —CN; or a thiophene ring, which is optionally substituted once or twice independently by alkyl. The compounds of the invention are effective inhibitors of the PAR-1 receptor. The inventive compounds may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of disease states such as ASC, secondary prevention of myocardial infarction or stroke, or PAD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: James Francis Dropinski, Milana Maletic, Jae-Hun Kim, Deyou Sha
  • Patent number: 9809537
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds for inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: Alectos Therapeutics Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ernest J. McEachern, Jianyu Sun, David J. Vocadlo, Yuanxi Zhou, Yongbao Zhu, Harold G. Selnick
  • Patent number: 9809561
    Abstract: The invention provides certain bicylic heterocyclic compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, X2, R1, R2, R3, R4, and Cy are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of using the compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same for treating diseases or conditions mediated by RORgammaT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., LYCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas D. Aicher, Chad A. VanHuis, William D. Thomas, John K. MacLean, Brian M. Andresen, Kenneth J. Barr, Corey E. Bienstock, Neville J. Anthony, Matthew Daniels, Kun Liu, Yuan Liu, Catherine M. White, Blair T. Lapointe, Nunzio Sciammetta, Vladimir Simov
  • Patent number: 9809545
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoaguability or fibrotic changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Anthony Ogawa, Scott Edmondson, Mark Erion, Santhosh Neelamkavil, Zhuyan Guo, Rudrajit Mal, Jiafang He, Weiguo Liu, Ellen K. Vande Bunte
  • Patent number: 9808445
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of benzamide compounds represented by Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, and methods for using said compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof for treating or preventing a thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Sakurada, Tomokazu Hirabayashi, Yoshitaka Maeda, Hiroshi Nagasue, Takashi Mizuno, Jiayi Xu, Ting Zhang, Cameron Smith, Dann Parker
  • Patent number: 9809648
    Abstract: Engineered antibodies to human IL-23p19 are provided, as well as uses thereof, e.g. in treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Leonard G. Presta, Brian M. Beyer, Richard N. Ingram, Peter Orth, Yan-Hui Liu
  • Patent number: 9809568
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted indazole compounds which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Duane DeMong, Michael Miller, Hong Liu, Xing Dai, Thomas Greshock, Andrew Stamford, Ravi Nargund
  • Patent number: 9808542
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrrolopyridine compounds of formula (I) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which may be suitable for imaging tau aggregates, b-sheet aggregates, beta-amyloid aggregates or alpha-synuclein aggregates, and hence are useful in binding and imaging tau aggregates in Alzheimer's patients. More specifically, this invention relates to a method of using the compounds of this invention as tracers in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to study tau deposits in brain in vivo to allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases characterized by tau pathology. The invention further relates to a method of measuring clinical efficacy of therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases characterized by tau pathology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Abbas W. Walji, Eric Hostetler, Thomas J. Greshock, Jing Li, Keith P. Moore, Idriss Bennacef, James Mulhearn, Harold Selnick, Yaode Wang, Kun Yang, Jianmin Fu
  • Patent number: 9809536
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing a compound of formula I-11 through multiple-step reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: John Y. L. Chung, Kevin Campos, Edward Cleator, Robert F. Dunn, Andrew Gibson, R Scott Hoerrner, Stephen Keen, Dave Lieberman, Zhuqing Liu, Joseph Lynch, Kevin M. Maloney, Feng Xu, Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Naoki Yoshikawa, Yong-Li Zhong
  • Publication number: 20170313684
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrazole compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the pyrazole compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: NIGEL LIVERTON, SCOTT D. KUDUK, YUNFU LUO
  • Publication number: 20170313693
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to piperidine oxadiazole and thiadiazole orexin compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: NIGEL LIVERTON, SCOTT D. KUDUK, YUNFU LUO, NA MENG, TINGTING YU
  • Publication number: 20170313718
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which inhibit HIF prolyl hydroxylase, their use for enhancing endogenous production of erythropoietin, and for treating conditions associated with reduced endogenous production of erythropoietin such as anemia and like conditions, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound and a pharmaceutical carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., MSD R&D (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JIAQIANG CAI, ALEJANDRO CRESPO, JOHN DEBENHAM, XIAOXING DU, PING LIU, RONGQIANG LIU, CHRISTINA B. MADSEN-DUGGAN, WEIGUO QUAN, CHRISTOPHER SINZ, LIPING WANG
  • Publication number: 20170312222
    Abstract: Disclosed are taste-masked pharmaceutical formulations of raltegravir comprising coated API granules mixed with a screened powder excipient blend in either tablet or sachet form. The core and coated granules are produced using a Wurster process for enhanced control of particle size. Also disclosed are methods of treating HIV, e.g., in pediatric populations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Karen Cassidy Thompson, Kimberly Nicole Kaighn, Indra Neil Mukherjee, Catherine Elizabeth Diimmler, Hedy Teppler Weiser, Christopher Mancinelli
  • Patent number: 9802928
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain C-6 spirocarbocyclic iminothiadiazine compounds, including compounds Formula (I): or a tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds and said tautomers, wherein R1, R4, ring A, RA, m, L1, and RL are as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention are useful as BACE inhibitors and/or for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies related thereto. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, including for the possible treatment of Alzheimer's disease, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jack D. Scott, Jared N. Cumming, Timothy Blizzard, Michael Ellis
  • Patent number: 9803010
    Abstract: Crystalline forms of antibodies to human IL-23, such as antibodies to human IL-23p19 , are provided, as well as methods of producing such crystalline forms, and uses of such crystalline forms, e.g. in treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and proliferative disorders. In various embodiments, the anti-hulL-23 antibody crystals, such as anti-hulL-23p19 antibody crystals of the present invention are obtainable by batch crystallization methods, vapor diffusion methods, liquid-liquid diffusion methods, and dialysis. In other aspects, the invention relates to suspensions of the crystalline anti-hulL-23 antibodies of the present invention, including those at higher concentrations and lower viscosities than would be possible with a corresponding non-crystalline solution at the same concentration of antibody. In other embodiments, the anti-huiL-23 antibody crystals of the present invention have increased stability, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Paul Reichert, Winifred W. Prosise, Peter Orth, Chakravarthy Nachu Narasimhan, Ramesh S. Kashi
  • Publication number: 20170305923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Fused Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivatives of Formula (I): (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, X, Y, m, R1, R5, Ra and Rb are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Fused Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivative, and methods of using the Fused Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Mark W. Embrey, John M. Sanders, Kerim Babaoglu, Abbas Walji, John S. Wai, Paul J. Coleman